Man shot by security guard dies

STOCKTON - A man shot during an altercation Saturday with a security guard later died of his injuries, Stockton police reported Sunday.

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Posted Apr. 1, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By The Record
Posted Apr. 1, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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STOCKTON - A man shot during an altercation Saturday with a security guard later died of his injuries, Stockton police reported Sunday.

Mark Rego, 52, a resident of Tracy, died at an area hospital while receiving treatment for his wounds, police spokesman Joe Silva said.

His companion, Gustava Rego, 38, was arrested for investigation of battery on a security officer and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail. Jail records indicated she was released later Saturday.

Silva said he did not have information about how the Regos are related.

Officers responding to reports of a person shot shortly before 4:30 p.m. Saturday, found Rego wounded in the abdomen at the Grouse Run Apartments, in the 4700 block of Grouse Run Drive.

Police said the unnamed security guard and the man got into a physical confrontation, during which Rego took the guard's baton. Fearing for his life, the security guard fired one shot, striking the man and breaking the back window of a white station wagon.

Gustava Rego told police the pair were inside the station wagon when the altercation began. She said the security guard used pepper spray before firing his gun.

"We were just sitting there," she said. "Why would you Mace somebody just for sitting there?"

Police said the case will be sent to the District Attorney's Office for review. But based on their preliminary review, investigators said the shooting appeared to be in self-defense.